Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1997-12-04 14:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. G\u00e9rard Asselin (Charlevoix, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, at their meeting on June 7, 1996, the Prime Minister of Canada and the Premier of Quebec agreed to support the Gazoduc Trans-Qu\u00e9bec et Maritimes project for the transportation of Sable Island natural gas.</p>\n<p>We learn, however, that the National Energy Board recommends that the government give the go-ahead to a competing project, the purpose of which is to service the American market directly.</p>\n<p>Is the minister aware that, at the rate things are going, the Gazoduc Trans-Qu\u00e9bec et Maritimes project will not be able to be studied on its own merits by the appropriate authorities?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1997/12/4/gerard-asselin-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/gerard-asselin/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3270/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Sable Island Natural Gas",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1997/12/4/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1997%2F12%2F4%2F"
    }
}